ProgressOhio

We've had a very successful first 5 months! Thank you to all who have participated in our rapid growth from start-up in October through today!

Moving forward we want to accelerate our growth!

To that end, we're pleased to announce "Progress Points", our new system for rewarding you our constituents for participating together with us in achieving our goals to grow an even larger Progressive community here in Ohio.

Starting today every action you take within the ProgressOhio Community automatically accumulates points in your Progress Points account.

Earning points is easy! (Heck, just logging in is worth 10 points).

Here's some other of the ways to earn points:


Sign Up
Register - 1000 points
Create a Profile - 500 points
Make Your Profile Public - 500 points


Blogging
Create Blog Post - 100 points
Add Blog Post to a Group - 10 points
Comment on a Blog Post - 100 points
Rate a Blog Post - 25 points


Groups
Create a Group - 250 points
Join a Group - 100 points
Become Administrator of a Group - 100
User Joins Your Group - 250
Receive a Rating on a Post You Created - 25 points


Events
Create an Event - 100 points
Someone Signs Up to Attend Your Event - 50 points
Sign Up to Attend Someone Else's event - 25 points


Grow Your Network
Invite Another User to Your Network - 250 points
Befriend Another User Who Invites You to Their Network - 250 points


LetterRip
Send a Letter to the Editor - 250 Points
Send a Letter to the Elected Official - 500 points


RSS
Subscribe to an RSS Feed - 100 points
Recommend an RSS Feed - 100 points

There are other ways to earn points including special points awards for special efforts on behalf of ProgressOhio . . . more on that later.

You can keep track of your points total within your "My Progress" page. It even displays your current rank and how many additional points you need to move up in the overall rankings.

We know that some of you (those who are "highly competitive" . . . and you know who you are) will "jump right in" and start taking action to grow your point totals. For others the right incentive might do the trick. What incentive should we offer for say the top point achiever in the month of February?

Some ideas that have been submitted are:

Bring a bag lunch with The Governor or other Political Official
Tickets (i.e. next time Jon Stewart is in town, Al Franken, etc.)
Fee waived to be sent to some conference (i.e. Wellstone or anything else that generally charges a fee)

Please leave your suggestions in the comments (ummmm . . . you'll earn 50 points each time you do!)

Some facts for the "Lawyers" out there:

ProgressPoints is not a contest and we may or may not offer incentives for achieving the highest point totals in a given period of time . . . We probably will, but we may not.

Any previous points achieved have been added to your account . . . there will be no further updating of previous points earned.

Eric Vessels (former Online Director) has had points removed to in effect "restart" his account, but now that he is independent he's definitely back in the game. He tells me moving back to the top will be a "slam dunk" for him.

I'm not in it by the fact that I have had so many points removed by Eric, I can never catch up.

We hope you enjoy Progress Points and that you will use them to help us grow our community interaction!

The Current Top 10 Progress Points Earners



Questions? Dave at ProgressOhio